Post 9m9fCyRlsFDlsj1aXg by kf@vis.social
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(DIR) Post #9m8DxJqeNAOJUBQeZ6 by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-08-22T03:27:22Z
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I am still on wayland (sway). It has been great really. Granted I don't have any weird or niche application needs and that I favor command line tools probably helps me avoid a lot of possible rough spots without knowing it. Still, it is solid and ready for daily use in my opinion at least for a significant number of people without complicated needs.
(DIR) Post #9m8L1pCeRB1tZJobrM by RussSharek@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T04:46:36Z
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@kelbotWhat window manager and distro are you running?
(DIR) Post #9m8LWpdirchdtrGMtc by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-08-22T04:52:13Z
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@RussSharek Sway is the window manager and I'm on arch.
(DIR) Post #9m8Lpvoe7ox8YbToIq by RussSharek@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T04:55:39Z
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@kelbotI must have missed the mention. I'm an i3 fan, so I've been keeping a vague eye on sway. Glad to hear it working well as a daily driver.
(DIR) Post #9m92kFw4hfMBFVUjIG by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-08-22T12:56:28Z
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@RussSharek You should GWR along fine in sway. I've used a number of other wms but never tried i3. Apparently I should have because i'm really liking sway.
(DIR) Post #9m9TYPWlBZQiV9oV9s by RussSharek@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T17:56:47Z
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@kelbotWhat does GWR mean?
(DIR) Post #9m9TtrEfMXDeWBZpbc by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-08-22T18:00:43Z
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@RussSharek auto-correct flub. Supposed to be get.
(DIR) Post #9m9bN7SaomT8umzVvU by kf@vis.social
2019-08-22T09:29:32Z
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@RussSharek @kelbot I've been using sway for a good while now. It was the only way to get tear-free video playback on my old MacBook with Nvidia GPU... I haven't had any major issues with it, other than having to pay a bit of attention as some upgrades have separated functionality into separate apps which have to be reenabled. In some ways I like it even bettern than i3, as you can specify all your keyboard/mouse/trackpad/monitor settings in one config file, instead of the xorg conf scatter...
(DIR) Post #9m9bN7hTvQNXexxP8K by RussSharek@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T17:58:46Z
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@kf@kelbotEither of you have a sense of whether it uses less resources than X and i3? I'm on a highly constrained system at the moment.
(DIR) Post #9m9bN7ub8es2Je5sZs by kf@vis.social
2019-08-22T19:03:03Z
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@RussSharek @kelbot No idea... Have only used it on pretty powerful laptops. Guess the only way to find out is to try. Both are minimal systems, though, so I’d be surprised if there’s a big difference.
(DIR) Post #9m9bN8HdkzInT6sHUe by RussSharek@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T19:03:55Z
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@kfI might have to give it a go at some point when the to do load is a bit lighter.@kelbot
(DIR) Post #9m9bN9AEU0yGCQPsaO by kf@vis.social
2019-08-22T19:12:24Z
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@RussSharek @kelbot Yeah. As with all things Linux one can easily waste a few days messing around with configs ;-) the dangers of “I wonder what happens if...”
(DIR) Post #9m9bN9TNKqHd9nNAQK by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-08-22T19:24:25Z
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@kf @RussSharek What distro are you running? Your i3 config is supposed to be 100% compatible so it might not take as much tinkering as you think. Just copy it over and you're off, or so they claim.
(DIR) Post #9m9fCyRlsFDlsj1aXg by kf@vis.social
2019-08-22T20:07:14Z
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@kelbot @RussSharek I’m running Arch. However, there are differences between i3 and sway: setting up monitors in the sway config as opposed to xrandr, keyboard layout likewise, no feh to set the wallpaper, possibly different status bar scripts that won’t survive the transition, custom python stuff to control opacity on focused container, screen locks act different... all food for tinkering.